Barcelo Capella Beach Resort Hotel Santo Domingo

... entitled, we feel jipped if we miss a dessert or have to forgo some of our creature comforts... (thankfully the coffee is pretty good down here).  I have been touched by the tangible quality of love that these missionaries exude in their service, their willingness to wade into problems that have no easy, quick solution and the very real presence of Christ that emanates from them. Thankfully missions has evolved a bit since our less ...

Hello once again, Things continue to go well down here in the Dominican Republic. Since the last update, I've acquired many more Spanish words and many more mosquito bites. The mosquitoes here are crafty: I can't hear them or see them. The only evidence of their existence are the new itchy spots I wake up with every morning! The streets continue to flood every time it rains. A bit of Hurricane Omar passed through yesterday evening, and within minutes after the rain ...

... Corps for years. She is the sweetest woman who constantly offers me coffee and food. I accept, of course. She also lives with two of her 10 children. Two sons in their thirties that are very nice and accepting of me. One of them offered to bring me to play poker with his friends on Saturday. I asked if money was involved and he said no, so I said yes. Mosquiteros: I sleep under a huge mosquito net, not unlike a see-through tent ...

... We were getting pushed around by people trying to get by us. A policeman was nice enough to tell us to climb over the barricades, and stay on the street where the parade was, so we'd be away from the crowds. He said he would also keep an eye out for us so nobody steals our cameras. That was super nice of him! We were thrilled to be closer to the parade and away from the crowds. It started to get ...

... However, we learnt that "tea" to some literally means tea. Chi thought he was going out for a cup of tea and had made other plans to go out for "dinner". We had a lot of fun going through words and phrases commonly used in NZ but not much elsewhere. He laughed to himself when the next morning we said " coming to breakfast?" and he replied, " breakfast means breakfast, right?". We smiled. Jun has been on the road for 4 years and is finally making his way home after a ...

... severity of illness. We sang songs (I Will Survive, Go Bananas, Lean on Me) and talked with them. I met one young man who was chained to the bed because he is incarcerated and he had 9 gun-shot wounds. He told me he won the fight, which makes me fear for whoever else was involved. Really shocking "accomodations." I don't know if you can even classify it as an accomodation. Everyone who has money ...

... with a knife in her back, willing to give them what they wanted in order to hopefully assure neither of us was harmed. Moreover, I wore flipflops, whose limitations as running shoes I would have easily surmounted given the scare inspired by the machete, while Mary sported some newfangled Nikes and simply froze as the deed went down. I don't blame her, but I'm disappointed in myself for figuring she would still know ...

... is time to give them a lecture about respecting others no matter what personal problems you may have with them outside of the group. If not this group just isn“t going to work and get anywhere! So we“ll see how that goes. This is exactly how the adults act as well. If they do not like somebody, or if somebody says or does something that offends the other. That person will just decide not to participate in community activities before. For example, in the junta de vecinos, there is ...

... t hear anything! 16. Naked babies walking around and peeing wherever they feel like it because they don“t wear diapers. 17. My uncles dog named doggy following me around wherever I would go. 18. Starting to actually enjoy carribean music! I never thought I“d give into it! So this is just a list of some of the many memories I have of CBT. I really will be missing my host family, they were absolutly wonderful. I think I will try to visit them ...

... week, and I love it. It's two rooms and only about 40 yards from my host families house - so I have all the benefits of a host family but house to myself. I bought all the furniture from a volunteer for a fantastic price. I paid to put in a cement floor which went towards my rent, so I won't be paying anything for 17 months - not a bad deal. As far as my projects go, I started my environmental youth group the other week. There were about 20 kids between the ages of 10-22 who ...